Ken French

  • THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT

    By Robert Huebscher  |  October 1, 2008

    Wealthy investors have not embraced index funds. Advisors who manage funds for high-and ultra-high-net-worth investors have a mere 6.9 percent of their marketable securities in...

  • Small Steps in the Right Direction.

    By Robert Huebscher  |  July 1, 2008

    One way to hedge against the recessionary and inflationary fears mounting in the U.S. markets is through international diversification. In fact, data from the Advisor...

  • Back to the Future--Again

    By James Picerno  |  May 1, 2008

    It has been five years since veteran investment consultant and celebrated author Peter Bernstein invoked the word "obsolete" to describe the policy portfolio, which encourages...

  • Contrarian Course

    By Vanessa Drucker  |  September 1, 2007

    "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?" Who doesn't know that the nursery rhyme contrarian had her silver bells and cockleshells and pretty...

  • The Big Chill

    By James Picerno  |  January 1, 2007

    Emerging markets equities have been a hot investment in the last few years, but a review of the longer run has cooled Jeffrey Troutner's enthusiasm...

  • The Efficient Pioneer

    By Staff Writer  |  July 1, 2000

    Eugene Fama's contributions to modern finance over